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UNITED STATES emana Parent orifice.

MARSHALL B. LLOYDl OF METOMNEE, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR TO HEYWOOD-WAKE FIELD COMPANY, OF BOSTON, MiSSAC'TUSETTS, .A CGEPGRATION OF MASSACHU- SETTS.

REED-'WEAVING MACHINE.

Application filed September 14, 1925.

This invention relates to improvements in reed weaving machines and consists ot' the matters hereinafter described and more particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

One oi the objects of the present invention is to nrovide a machine capable of pro- (lucing a t at reed fabric and to incorporate therein at the desired intervals, a pattern, design or other character.

Another object ot' the invention is to provide an improved pattern controlling means, which actuates the shed termine'devices in such a manner that adjacent liller strands are simultaneously moved together so that upon insertion of a stak-e, into the shed, said adjacent strands will be located on one side of said stake and upon the other side of adjacent stakes so as to form patterns or designs contrasting `from the body ot the fabric wherein each strand passes over and under the stakes.

Myinvention consists generally in a mm chine of the form, arrangement, eonstruction and co-operation of the parte, whereby the above mentioned objects, together with others, are attainable; andmy invention will be more readily understood by reference to the accompanying drawings which illustrate what I consider at the present time to be the preferred embodiment thereof.

In the drawings:

Fig. l is view in top plan elevation oi" a reed weaving machine embodying my invention.

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical sectional view through the same as taken on the line 2-2 oit' Fig. l.

Fin'. 3 is a detail transverse vertical sectional view on an enlarged scale as taken on the line 3-3 oi' Fig. Q.

Fia'. 4- is a detail. view on an enlarged scale ot parts shown at the lett hand sido oi Fie'. 2.

Fig. 5 a View similar to Fig'. 1; but with several. of the parts in a chang-ed relation.

Fin'. ll a jierspective View of one ot the members einliiodied in the nieanf for manipnlating or shitting; portions of the iiller strap ds to form the shed.

hifi'. 7 is a perspectiveview of another member associated with the member shown in l 6 for forming` the shed.

8 a view in elevation oi" that side of the machine shown at the right hand end of F' l,

Serial No. 56,139.

'associated with the line 12-12 thereon.

Fig. 13 is a vertical detail sectional vien7 af; taken on the line lll--l ot Fig. l2.

Fig. let is a horizontal detail sectional view as taken on the line lt-ll of Fig. l2.

Cross reference is made to my copending` application tiled Augustl, 1925, Serial No. 53,28% wherein similar subject matter is disclosed but not claimed therein.

tienerallv speaking, in the machine shown herein the iiller strands are arranged in side by side Contact and pass in this relation through means which engage successive portions et alternate and intermediate strands and depress and elevate said portions in opposition to form a shed. Said means are actuated and controlled by what may be termed pattern cylinders the peripheral contour ot each ot which has parts so arranged that during a part ot the rotation ol the cylinders, groups of alternate strands are depressed out oi' thei normal plane while groups or intermediate strands are elerated out of their normal plane to lorm a shed into which the stalres are inserted and at other times `groups of adjacent alternate and intermediate strands are brought into the rame plane to form the sheds into which said stakes are inserted. It magazine is provided to hold a :number et stal-:es and a gripper device removes the s altes from the magazine one at a time and presents them to a means which inserts them into the sheds as they are formed. Should the stakes be bent ont oiE their true straight condition they are straightened after insertion into the sheds. 'lf hereafter the fabric passes between coacting rolls having longitudinally extending, angular corrugations that accurately form and somewhat compress the strands upon the stakes after which the finished tabi ric is Wound upon a roll or mandrel.

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and 28 are in of 'the niemhers 3o "with the cross har iti which plane is in the '23V and 3l, respectivoliv oli the inenihers l and 2li, associated w r1 the moss la Ill and lli', r spectircly. .liilic- Vo the plate parts 26 of the ineinhers 23 ociated with the cro-1s har l/l are located in the saine plane as the plate parts of the nicmhers 2S associated with the cross har 1"? which is coincident with the planes o'l the reco-1s 25 and 3l, in the tirst mentioned nieniheis El and Q8. In threading 'the strands ll through the inanipnlalin@` ineinhers, alternate strands are disposed helwcen the anggolar ends and oi one set ol associated inenihers 253 and 2S and 'the intermediate strands are disposed between tlc angular ends 27 and 3B oli the otl'ier sel", ot associated i'neinhers 23 anc 528 respectively. In the reciproations oitl l sets ot associated members 23 and the strands are free to follow said plate parts which are inoval) e in the grooves and 3l ot the ol'hafr asso. i' ated nnnihers 23 and Q8, as leclerc deci lith the ends of the various plate parts tnished oil?" as before described, at no thine will all of said ends ha arranged in the saine coininon plane hnt said ends will overlap another so that the st 'and portions are ne" in a position wherein they nay heeoine dite placed laterally or pinched or otherwise he Leningrad hy the laterally a djeccnt plate parts. As alterilate strands are inoved in o tion the intermediate strainls are the opposite drectimi so to to into which a stake 235 ii i inserion or one salte said str: nds receive a reverse movement to lock said stake n l and to A.orni a new shed into which ancl sl'aize is inserted and so on.

lllach asso(V set o take inanipnlatiini; nieniherr-s will, of conso, aon-sto :is many stra nds as there are plate parte to each ineinller and as shown herrin as each ina pnlatinn; nienihe-.f includes three plate limits7 toreo alternate sti-ants are operated nnen hy one set oit manipnlatieziy, inhers and three inlcrnndiate slrainls are operated upon ly an plane o t the recei-lses Til Gil@

m- -ml i veel :nljiarcnt set of inanipnlaliinr ineinhers. The r ller ot stranf'ls actuated hy each set oit their lengt-h7 a distance equal to the s1 the cross hars 13 and M in the following n'ianner. llivotally connected at one end hetween the eers .9i-ila oit each nicniher Q3 the end ol a linl; 3G, the other end of which ies cross `nin 36u. The cross pin of i in a rearwardly opening` slot j disposed -posts 88 lis-ed to the if the flanges l5) oit the lront7 'i n cross ineinhers 17 and 18.

niidway between its ends is 39 anc located in said slot is 'ialled on a sind il carried by said link.

4t2 and i3 indicate top and hottoin, transisely exteid'ng cylinders :fixed on shafts fle: and flo, jonrnalled at their ends in the bridge hloclrs 7 and side lionne nieihers l and 2 respectively, said shafts 'coing located in the vertical aries ol' the hearing; studs lll :tor the rollers lil). Each cylinder is made up ot a plurality of sections 42am-i3 respectively (see Fig. l0) and in the periphery of each section is formed a plurality of arenately spaced, lon 'itudinal etre-riding: semi-cylindrica es or clizgnnels 'sf/Jh /ill respeetit l grooves olf the Various sections 1.11 oit each cylinder align with each other, thns in extending from end to end of the respective cylinders. ln said grooves or rcare slated a plurality ol cani hars l2 and cl3 r spectively. Said hars are cylindrical in cross section and, oi course, portions thereof 1project :eyond the periphery of the as,f-,1ociai d cylinders so that they may have respective Vngagenient with the rollers Zl() to ino've said rollers away troni the associated cylinders ai d, oit oonrse, impart a ioveinent in one d reetion to the associated manipulating inenihers 22E-23. The cani are each provided with one or inore cnt i rtions or transverse grooves 21M-45:3, tonis of which are ii l with the peripheiica olf the c ed cylinder sections and each carin bar is secined in its associated groove hy screws flo as he; shown in l? ll. The disposition oi sa cani har determines th e t manipulating member as .is

said cylinders control tl l grooves in said ation o'l' the stake apparent and as e disposition of strands for hoth a plain lahric wherein alternate strainls pass over and under the stakes and a l'aliric einhodyingg certanil designe or oatter therein tlc arrangement of said ret are on parts oli' said cylinders arent troni those on otler parts of said cylinders. F or instance :tor a part way ahont one cylinder the alternate liars will he linll and coniolele tlrronehont the length thereof the har A in Fig. il and the intermediate hars will have the recesses thereiin spaced apart thronff'hont Qaeing between the rollers 40 as the har B in said Fig'. ll. Thns in the rotation of the cylinders 42M@ as the lull and complete bars A on both cylinders approach the associated rollers 40, said rollers associated with one cylinder will be moved toward those associated with the other cylinder in'iparting;` a reciprocation to the associated manipulating members in the direction of each other so that portions of alternate strands Will be shifted through and beyond a neutral plane which is that plane in which the stakes are inserted and portions of the intermediate stakes will be shifted through and beyond said neutral plane in the other direction, This will -form a shed into which a stake is inserted and as the bar approaches the rollers, the recesses beingin line with said rollers will permit said rollers to 'be re turned to fard said cylinders under the action of the springs 34:, thus reversing the po* sitions of the strands and forming' another shed into which the next stake is inserted and so on.

It will be noted from lligr. l1 that the next bar C has only one recess therein. The corresponding` bar on the other` cylinder will have a part of full diameter in line there- With so that as said bar C approaches its set of associated rollers all but one are actuated, thus leaving the associated nianipulatinpr member 23 and the strands therein in the position they were left in after passage of the bar B. As the part of full diameter of the corresponding bar on the other cylinder approaches t-he associated roller, it Will ac tuate the same to move the associated manipulating' members to bring the interino diate strands therein into the plane of the strands left undisturbed as before mentioned so that a` group of adjacent alternate and intermediate strands are all disposed in a sinnie plane, and will be disposed in this manner upon a stake after its insertion to the shed, as shown at C1 in Fig. 9. The next bar D will have a plurality of recesses therein but in line with the recess in bar C is a part of full diameter so that a shed is formed for the insertion of a stake wherein a. group of strands is disposed on one side of said stake and adjacent groups of stakes are disposed on the other side of said stakes as shown at D1 in Fig. 9. The successive bars on one cylinder have their recess and parts of full diameter disposed to further carry out the design int-ended as best shown in Fig'. ll, and the bars on the other cylinder has its parts of full diameter to correspond `with the recesses of the bars on the first cylinder as is apparent. Vlfhen the pattern has been completed, the bars are disposed to again produce plain fabric With alternate strands over one stake and under the next and so on.

The bottom cylinder shaft. 45 is driven in a step by step manner as will later appear and this step by step movement is imparted to the top cylinderl shaft 44 byv a suitable chain and sprockets l-.G as best. shown in Fig.

Levante l. The cud of the shaft Ll extending beyond side frame member l has a gear 4:7 lined thereto and attached to said gear is a ratchet wheel 48. lelou1 and in line With the cylinder shaft 45 is another horizontal transverse shaft 49 to the end of which is fixed a near elfi carrying a ratchet 4:8, which gear and ratchet are similar to the gear and ratchet t7 and i8 before mentioned. The gears 4t? and il? are operatively connected by an idler pinion 50 on a shaft 5l located m the horizontal plane of the drive shaft l2. Loosely mounted. on the end of the shaft t5 adjacent the ratchet t8 is a sivingable arm livoted at 53 to the free end of the sivingrable arm 52 is a double pawl 54 having` oppcsitely facing' pawl members 543-54 as best shown in Fig. 8. rlhe double paWl so held that the paivl member 54a may he in engagement Withthe teeth of the ratchet ttl or it may be so held that the paWl member 5l is engaged With the teeth of the mtchct tt, the holding` means comprising a spring' lined at one end to the pawl and at. its other end to said arm, said pawl operating; von both sides ot a center defined by the pivotal connection 53. To the free end of the arm 52 is connected one end of a rod or link 5G, the other end of which carries a roller 57. Said lastmentioned end of said link is ronnected to the short arm 58a of a double arm lever 58 pivoted to the side frame as at 59.

lic'tiveen and in the plane of the drive shaft l2 and shaft 5l is a shaft 6() to Which is fixed just ivithin the side frame member a gear 61 meshing with and driven by a pinion 62 on the drive shaft l2. On the extreme outer end of the shaft Without. the frame member 2 is fixed a cam 63 upon the periphery of which the roller 57 has rolling engagement as best shown in Fig. 8. As the snaft GO is rotated it will through the cam and link impart. a to and fro swinging moveinent to the arm 52 and a step by step movement to that ratchet stl-Sa with Which the pawl is in contact.

Means is provided in connection with the atchet Wheels L8-48a to automatically shift the paivl 5a from one ratchet to the other *hen a complete pattern has been roven so as to inunediately repeat the same if so dcsired and this means `is as follows. In cach ratchet provided a 'ilurality of arcuatelv spaced holes (Sflwtf into any one of which may be tl'ircaded a pin (S5 G5. ln the rotation of that ratchet driven by the pawl, said pin will engage the associated arm (54.c or 54d) and Withdraw said patvl. from one ratchet and cause .it to engage the other so that the rotation of the cylinders actuating the strand manipulating members are reversed. By setting` the pins 65 in the proper holes Gil, this reversal may be produced at any desired time and at any point in the lill weaving of the pattern or design after which that part of the pattern just produced is again produced but in an inverse order.

The stakes 35 are fed into the sheds as they are formed by continuously rotating top and bottom rollers 66 and (57 (see Fig. lf2) suitably journalled in the opening d associated with the side frame membeil l and geared together. rEhe top roller has a pulley 68 associated therewith and which is driven by a belt 69 from a motor 7() mounted on the bridge block 7 of the side frame member l and stakes are delivered to said rollers from a suitable hopper or magazine as will later appear. After the stakes are inserted into the successive sheds as they are formed, the formed fabric passes over the top of a transversely extending horizontal roll 7l with which a second and similar roll 72 is associated, the fabric following about a portion of said roll 7l and then in between both of said rolls and is led olf from the bot-` tom of the roll 72 to a winding roll or mandrel at the rear of the machine. rlhe rolls 7l and 7 2 are fined on associated shafts 71-72, respectively, joui-nailed in the side frame members l and 2, and secured to said shafts without the frame member 2 are intermeshing gears 7lb--72" (see Fig. 8). oth of said rolls have longitudinally er; tending corrugations 7lc--72c on their peripheries, which corrugations have angularly disposed surfaces as distinguished from the usual undulating surfaces and said surfaces on both rolls are so correlated that lwhen the fabric passes downwardly between them, said surfaces will conform to the contours of both faces of the fabric. Said rolls are rotated step by step in timed relation with the insertion of the stakes into the successive sheds as they are formed and as the fabric passes the common horizontal plane of said rolls, said surfaces coact to more securely set the strands upon the stakes. Step by step rotative movement is imparted to saidrolls follows Securcd to theteai"72"if5; a ratchet wheel 73 and loosely mounted on the end of the shaft 72 adjacent said gear a swing ,g arm 75 see Fig. 8).

Said arm carries a suitable pressed dog 74, which is adapted for enn e gement with the teeth of said ratchet and connected to said arm is one end of a connec-ting rod 7 5, the other end of which is (,:onnected to the long arm 58" of the lever before mentioned. It is apparent that asthe double arm lever 58 is rocked by the cam 63 a step by step rotative movement is imparted to the roll 72 and by the gears TFL-72" to the roll 7l in the opposite direction.

As before mentioned, after the fabric leaves the corrugated rolls 7l--72 it passes to a winding roll at the rear end of the inachine. 7 6V indicates said winding roll which comprises a tubular body 7 6 removably mounted in roll ends 77, said tubular body having a longitudinal slot 7 6b into which the end of the fabric may be inserted to opera tively connect it to said roll so that it may be wound thereupon in the rotation of said rcil. r[he roll ends 77 are fixed to a shaft 78 journalled in suitable bearings formed on rearward extensions la and 2 of the side frame members l and 2, respectively. On that end of the shaft 78 projecting beyond the :train-e extension l is mounted a friction drive slip clutch 79 operatively driven by a sprocket 8O on said shaft 7 8, said sprocket being in turn driven by a chain 8l from a similar sprocket 82 fixed on the associated end of the cylinder shaft 72a. As the construction of the friction slip clutch forms no particular part of the present invention, it is not thought necessary to describe the same in further detail. However, it so operates as to drive the winding' roll .in a manner accommodating the increasing diameter of fabric as Vit is wound upon said roll. Villien a .sufficient amount of fabric has been wound upon said roll, the tubular body 76a may be removed and another substituted in its place.

In connection with the means for inserting' stakes into the sheds as they are formed, which means includes the rolls 66 and G7, l provide a means for feeding the stakes one at a time from a magazine or holder in proper timed relation to the formation of said sheds and such means are as followsz Projecting laterally from the end frame member l, near its forward end is a frame extension 83 (see Figs. 1 and 12). On said frame extension are front and rear, horizontally extending flat plates providing spaced rails 84H84. On said plates toward their outer ends is mounted a magazine or holder 85 in the form of a relatively narrow, high upright box open at its top and at that end facing said frame member l. A. plurality of stakes is placed with their outer ends in hunched relation .in said magazine and the forward portions thereof pass between two vertical plates 86 and 87 which are spaced apart a distanceto provide a slot 88 equal to substantially the diameter of the stakes employed. Said plates are locatei.1 nearer the inserting rolls (3G-(i7 than the niagazine 85 and are supported from the rails oi' s., des Sile by brackets SH llVhen said stakes are in the magazine with their forward portions positioneil in the slot S8, one above the other, vhey will assume a fan shape-like formation. The extreme forward ends of the stakes engage a guide plate S9 of curved form suitably supported in a substantially vertical position adjacent the frame member l, said guide plates having laterally spaced guide rods 90 which prevent said extreme ends of the stakes from flexing laterally, thus holding them in the desired lil() the side trame member 1.

plane. Near the bottom end ol" Said guide plate S0 is formed an opening 01 (see Fig. 12) which .ie located in the horizontal plane ot the peripheral meeting parte oil` the Stake ineerting rolls 0in-07 which plane is substantially coincident with the plane ot the bottom ends; et the slot (88) 'forming` platee 80 and 57 resliiccti'vcly.

Means are prorided i'or gripping the bottom-moet stake in the Slot 88 and tor in- Sei-ting` itis` inner end through the opening;y 91 into and between the rolls SSFS?, and auch means are as follows: Slidable on the raile Sal-8% between the slot forming platee S0 and 87 and the `:guide plate 80 is a reciprocating bloek 92 and pivoted on said block as at 03 is a pair ot' outwardly extending,` and normally dii/'erging linke` ,9d- 04. izaid links are pivotally connected to link blocks 055-95 which in turn are pivoted on a common vertical axis 00 mounted on the forard or inner end ot a carriage 07 slidable on said rails 84. Said carriage comprises top and bottom plates 0`-90, the longin tudinal marginal parte et which embrace opposed inner portions of the rails Sil and Said plates are Secured together by coacting bolts and springs 100 which act to draw said plates together and provide a rfrictiona clainpii'u; action on said rails. Each link block 95 carries a gripper jaw 101 and on the inner end ot one jaw is secured a traneverse bridge or guard plate 102. rllhe top edge ot Said `miard plate terminates short oit the plane oLt the top Surface of the jaw block so that when Said jaws close they can grip only one stake at a time.

Reciprocating movement is imparted to the block 92 by a connectingr rod 103, one end oit which is pivoted at 104 to an extension on the bottom ot Said block and the other end of which is connected to a crank pin 105 on a. disc 10G fixed on a horizontal eliatt 107 joui-nailed at ital ends; in the eX- teusion 'trame 83. Said shalt is provided with a sprocket 105% driven by aA chain 100 which passen over Suitable idler Sprockete carried by Said extension iframe. rlhe chain 100 is in turn driven by a Sprocket 109 on a longitudinal cormter shaft 109h journalled in ii'nvardly extending;v arms 100C carried by On aaid shalt is a. worm rear 100'LL meshing' with and driven by a worin 1002 on the Shatt 00, all as indicated in dotted linea in Fig. 1. ln the rotation ot the shatt 107 a reciprocatimr moveinent toward the rollers (l0-07 will be imparted to the block 02. Said movement ot :raid block ia resisted Somewhat by the VVtrictioual engi rement ot the carriage 07 with the rails S-l with the result that the in,- ner ends ot the links 0-101 are caused to more toward each other, imparting a Siniilar movement to the inner ende ol the jaw blocks 9.3. As Said jaw blocks carr the `gripping` jawe 101, Said jaws will grip that stake renting' on the guard plate 102 and in the 'further iorward movement ot said block will overcome the 'lrictional recistance ot the carriage 07 so that Said stake is fed through the opening' 91 in the guard plate 90 into and between the rolle 6G (37 to be inserted thereby into the erred formed by the Strands, ae betere mentioned. ln the rearward reci procation ofthe block 02, the links 0ll and "'aw blocks 05 will open up due to the reel ance ottered by lthe carriage 07 and in the further movement ot said block, the resistance et the carriage ie overcome so that all parte are returned to their normal etait irre` position.

ln the forward movement of the block 02, means` are provided to engage the stakes near the bottom end oi the slot 88 between the plates S-87 Sio 'that no more than a single Stake ie engaged by the jaws 101-101 and 'ted to the rolls 00 07. Said means includes a. bell `crank lever 110 which is pivoted to tbe plate 8G as at 111. The vertical arm 110n oit Said lever is adapted to swing;` toward and away from the Slot 88 and is Se formed as to normally engage the next to the bottom stake in Said slot eo that it cannot descend in the outward withdranuil ot the bottom-most stake. rllhe horizontal arm 110b of said lever projects laterally beyond the plate 8G where it'ia connected by links 112 with the front end et lever 113. Said lever 113 is located below the rearmost rail Sil which carries a depending bracket 114 to which the other end or" the lever 113 is pivoted. rllhe free end ot Said lever which iS rounded oil normally engages upon a roller 115 coincident with the connection 104 between the block 92 and connecting` rod 103. A Spring 110 which ie connected at one end to a part ol the machine vtrame and at ite other end is connected to Said lever, normally urges said lever into engagement with the roller 115. However, when Said block 02 is moved to wards the rollers 00-07 as before described the lever 113 is left unsupported eo that it moveedownwardly, thus rocking,` the bell crank lever 110, the vertical arm ot which will act on the Stakes as betere mentioned. ln the reverse movement ot the block 02, the roller 115 will again engage the free end oli the lever 113 and will move it upwardly against the action oit the api-ingr 110 when the vertical arm ot the bell crank lever 110 will Swing away trom the alot 88 under the action ot a spring 117 connecting the horizontal arm ot the bell crank lever 110 with the plate 80 so that the now bottomanoet atake is presented to the gripper jaws 101 the link 112 being made in two parte` to provide enough latitude in movement.

1n many instances the stakes are not per- Vtectly Straight but are Slightly bent and it inserted into the shed in its bent condition,

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`said sliailt for indi-ipendcnt rocking movement is a plm ality of laterally spaced bell crank` ebaped, straightening nietes l bovine; a starre enarm 193 and a gravity arm 12%. The grav y :irma-i of all si' aigbtening;- plates depend. .into the plane oi" the horizontal Hanse oit tbe cross bar l-- and abut against an an le bar located adjaccE t said {lanfge angle bar has ears l2 near its ends Tahicn receive tbe two ends oit s :vingabie arms 126, tbe bottom ends of which are journalled on a cro rod 127 supported et its ends side trame members l and tlins p a short swinging; moveiziint et said iii toward and. away from said l 1 liangje ot the cross member i movement of said anejle bai" an i 'i n) ay troni the cross member le is provided by a YLair ot levrs 12S, one located near eacn side frame member and pivoted thereto as at 129. The

top arm 128 o't eich lever is pivotally cennected to the associated end oit angle bar as at 130 and the bottom arm lldb oit eacli lever car 'ies a roller 1251 adapted to be engagged. by a cam 132 carried on that tace ot the associated gear Gl adjacent the side frame members l and 2.

ln the step by step forward movement ot the fabric and in the formation et neriY shed, tbe previously inserted. stake is moved toward tbe stake engaging arms 12S some of which nd in Planes to enter those tbe angie bar 125 away from tbe horizontal le and tbus tiange et `tbe cross rizeinber tliroii` the gravity arms oit said plates swing the stake engaging arms iereoi down nf'ardiy and away :from the sta" .t said stake may freely piss tiic same in tbe in vement et tbe preformed fabric. The

g liar i223 is tlnn moved toward tbe cross member lli by springs 133 acting,` tlironsn tbe levers 128, when the gravity arms Will. swr-g i i tbe et: ire ei a s into position so that sonic oi" them vill engage tbe nent api' Y z' l' ing stake. Thus it amiarent v. sistraigbtcning `plates are cafgial'ile et' an iidependent movement a vay trom bar as when certain ot tbe salie under tbe stake. However, by en'iploying a si'iliicient number of said plates, enoiitgli of their; will. always lind their Way into a position to be engagetl by tbe stake While the others 4will idly work so that those strand nur nmler tbe stake and in line 'with said other il tes will rocl or Heat and time i Y critere with the movement of its tbe operatie-n ot tbe parts as well as i f ifgcment and construction bave f scifmed, it is not thought necessary to W n set forth Said operation because tbe seme will be aiigarenti to those familiar with the y The machine `brodiiee-s plain fabric as Well as ibric "with f' er coniigurations i i t may be repeated or reversed Yri/"bile in referred to certain i el; f y pended c claim ai: my invention:

are may laims.

l. A reed wanting; machine embodying therein, sets et Atop and. bottom strand manipiiiatingg; members adapted to engafc portions of alternate and intermediate strands respectively and to more them -rom one side 'to tbe other and vice versa of a ral plane to form successive sheds, a ev inder disposed. above and asf-iociated With tbe top strand manipulating members and a second cylinder diwosed below and asso. ed with the boty :n strand manipulating members@ said cylinders each having siicli a contour to impart movement to all of its associated manipulating members Jfor a pra determined timej and less than all ot said members at another time to term slied wherein adjacent alte nate and inteanediate strands are .in tbe saine common plane, and means 'for insertingY inte said Sheds.

it reed weaving machine embodying tliereii. set of top and bottom strand ma` ipulatino; n'ieiiibers adapted to engage jortions oi aitcrnate and intermediate s respectively and to nieve tliem from o ide to the other ane vice versa ot a nf ral plane te form successive shedsa rota niembeize, one positioned above and one positioned below and associated "with eacli set et meiripni; "l members iter impr no; a reciprocati e ement to all et' the mem# ber.K et tbe a t vcie' a Dart ot a revolutie i .e 't mbar-tine;- a reciprocating movemeii to leu; -an all ot tbe members of said s im are r part ot a revoliltitn to ttor ivler-:fin adiafent al'zei'nate and inter nedia strands are in tlie saine common plane. and inans 'i states into said abode.

lill) tating it in the. opposite direction, a swinging arm and a pawl actuated thereby and adapted to be engaged with either ratchet Wheel.

11. A reed weaving machine embodying therein oppositely reciprocating sets of strand manipulating members, step by step rotating cylinders for actuating said manipulating members, means driving one cylinder from the other, means for imparting a step by step rotating movement to one cylinder, a ratchet wheel operatively connected to one cylinder for rotating the same in one direction, a second ratchet wheel operatively connected to said cylinder for rotating itin the opposite direction, a swinging arm pivoted coincidentwith the axis of said cylinder, and a double pawl carried thereby and adapted to be engaged with either' ratchet wheel.

12. A reed weaving machine embodying therein oppositely reciprocating sets of strand manipulating members, step by step rotating cylinders for actuating said manipulating members, means drivingone cylinder from the other, means for imparting a step by step rotating movement to one cylindex', a ratchet wheel operatively connected to one cylinder for rotating the same in one direction, a second ratchet wheel operatively connected to said cylinder for rotating it in the opposite direction, a swinging arm pivoted coincident With the axis of said cylinder, and a double paWl carried by said swinging arm and means carried by said ratchet `wheels for moving the pawl from engagement with one ratchet into engagement with the other.

13. A reed weaving machine embodying therein means for forming adjacent alternate and intermediate strands into successive sheds, means for inserting stakes into said sheds as they are formed, means for for-- warding the fabric as it is formed, and means providing aligned abutments against which the stakes engage in the forward movement ofthe fabric for straightening the same.

14. A reed weaving machine embodying therein means for forming adjacent alternate and intermediate strands int-o successive sheds, means for inserting stakes into said sheds as the are formed, means for forwarding the fa ric as it is formed, means providing pivotally mounted abntments some of which engage one stake in the forward movement of the fabric for straightening the stake and others of which engage the next stake in the forward movement of the fabric for straightening said stake, and means for moving said abutments away from the straightened stakes.

15. A reed weaving machine embodying therein means for forming adjacent alternate and intermediate strands into successive sheds, means for inserting stakes into said sheds as they are formed, means for forwarding the fabric as it is formed, means providing- :i plurality of stake straightening plates arranged parallel with the strands, and means providing a pivotal axis for said plat-es so that certain of said plates will swing by gravity to bring portions thereof into position to be engaged by the stakes in the forward movement of the fabric.

16. A reed weaving machine embodying therein. means for forming adjacent alter-- .nate and intermediate strands into successive sheds, means for inserting stakes into said sheds as they are formed, means for forwarding the fabric as it is formed, plate members extending parallel with said strands, means providing a pivotal axis: upon which said plates may swing independently of each other, said plates each including a stake engaging arm and a weighted arm for yielding and holding the stake engaging arm in a position to be engaged by the stakes to straighten the saine in the forward movement of the fabric.

17. A reed weaving machine embodying therein, means for forming adjacent alternate and intermediate strands into successive sheds, means for inserting stakes into said sheds as they are formed, plate members each. including av stake engaging arm and a weighted arm, means providing a pivotal axis upon which said plates may swing independently, the weighted arm of each plate yieldingly holding the stake engaging arm in a position to be enga-ged by the stakes in the forward movement of the fabric, and means acting simultaneously on all of said weighted arms to swing the other arms out of engagement with said stakes.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, this 8th day of September, 1925.

MARSHALL B LLOYD. 

